Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Once there was a guitar

2012

As a young kid I always admired young adults playing the guitar. I could never own a guitar myself because I was too poor to buy one. Fortunately, I had a school mate willing to allow me to strum and sing Beatles songs on his guitar. Gradually I learned some basic finger works from him. As a young adult in 1972, I used part of my scholarship money to buy my first ever guitar while studying at Universiti Sains Malaysia in Penang. I joined the university's pop band as a bassist. From then onwards, there was no stopping me playing the guitar.

Me on the guitar and voice recording "Rain" - 2012

The year 2012 was kind of memorable for me because in that year I decided to do cover versions of songs to be shared on You Tube. I thought why not render the songs with guitar sound and voicing only, clean and pure. Plus a little bit of your own interpretation and style thrown in. Playing the guitar has a cathartic effect on me. It makes me happy, at ease with myself and keeps me tuned to my true north. Furthermore, I really wanted to do the video making myself especially its story board and photography. So here's three songs for the sharing....please click on the links below :-

(Note: On the 16th of September, Sarawak will celebrate its independence being a party to the formation of Malaysia.
As part of remembering history I'll create some posts on what it means
to be a Malaysian as I have experienced it. Check out the rest of the
postings by following this linkhere.)